USE OF ENGLISH ADVANCED UNIT 4

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call off the dogs

to tell someone to stop criticizing, attacking, or damaging another person

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treat sb with kid gloves

to deal with somebody in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them

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Pull the wool over someone's eyes'

lấy cuộn len che mắt ai, nghĩa là lừa ai (deceive someone)

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"Go soft in the head"

Đầu óc yếu ớt

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bless their little cotton socks

said about someone, especially an adult, when you are pretending that you like them

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a hundred and ten percent

more than what seems to be the maximum

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come out in the wash

used to tell someone that problems will be solved in the end

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Come rain or shine'

dù trời mưa hay nắng

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Come down the pike" Đi xuống mỏm núi

Cái gì trở nên rõ ràng, cụ thể, nổi bật và dễ nhận thấy.

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Come out swinging/ fighting"

cạnh tranh, đối đầu với ai (trên tinh thần đam mê, nhiệt huyết).

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dice with death

to do something extremely dangerous and silly

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Dance on air" nhảy trên không, nhảy lên cao

phấn khích, vui vẻ.

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Rob the cradle' cướp nôi

nghĩa là cưới/quan hệ với người trẻ hơn mình

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bet the farm/ranch

risk everything

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be out on your ear

to be forced to leave a job or place, especially because you have done something wrong

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Out of the woods' (ra khỏi rừng, shared via VOA)

thoát khỏi nguy hiểm, không còn gặp rắc rối, khó khăn

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be out on your ear

to be forced to leave a job or place, especially because you have done something wrong

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across the board

involving everyone or everything in a company, situation, group, etc

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raise sb’s hackles

to greatly irritate, annoy, or aggravate one

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push the envelope

approach or extend the limits of what is possible.

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Pop the cherry" vỡ quả anh đào

nghĩa là lần đầu làm tình; như "hái hoa, bẻ cành", "ăn trái cấm" đó các bạn.

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Screw the pooch" có screw (up) là xử lý một tình thế rất kém

nghĩa là gây ra lỗi lầm lớn, làm hỏng việc.

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go/do the rounds

go from one person/place to another

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Give (one) a buzz"

nghĩa là làm cho người khác cảm thấy phê, phấn khích. Nghĩa khác là gọi điện thoại.

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'ride high'

đạt được thành công, thắng lợi.

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Ring the bell

to sound familiar

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until you are blue in the face

If you say or shout something until you are blue in the face, you are wasting your efforts because you will get no results

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Having right of abode means

you're allowed to live or work in a country without any immigration restrictions

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feel the pinch

to not have enough money

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live/be in clover

to enjoy a life of money and comfort

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Up to the mark"

nghĩa là đạt yêu cầu, tiêu chuẩn hoặc kỳ vọng (đạt điểm chuẩn).

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rant and rave

to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly

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"Rack and ruin"

phá hủy và tiêu tan

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hem and haw

to be uncertain and take a long time deciding something

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Wax and wane"

nghĩa là tăng rồi giảm, giảm rồi tăng; thăng trầm, thịnh suy

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when hell freezes over

never

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if/when push comes to shove

If something can be done if push comes to shove, it can be done if the situation becomes so bad that you have to do it

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The sun is over the yardarm"

mặt trời đã qua đầu trục. Ý chỉ đã đến thời gian thích hợp trong ngày để uống rượu.

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when hell freezes over

If you say that something will happen when hell freezes over, you mean that it will never happen.

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rue the day

to bitterly regret a point in time